Fabric



sept; 9 x924. 1508344 0.' LloN w FABRIC Filed March 20 1$24 COTI'ONCOTTON WITNESSES I I IN VEN'TOR M OscarL/on/ W w? BY W A TTORNEYS Pafmedsept. 9, 1924.

uNrra ST oscan LIoN, or NEW Yoax, 1a. Y.

FABB'IC.

Application area mich 20,l 1924. serial no. 700,888.

To all'fwhom z't may aoncernr Be it known that I, OscAR LIoN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, 5 in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Fabric, of

which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

This invention relates to fabrics and has for an object to provide animproved fabric known on the market as chifl'on and presents a structurehaving improved Stiffening members at spaced intervals. i

Another object of the invention is to' provide a fabric of a chiffontype with Sections formed of a material adapted to absorb a greaterquantity of finishing liquid than'the other part so as to present astifer construction when dried.

In the accompanying draw'ing- Figure 1 is a plan vlew of a small portionof a piece of fabric disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure ,2 is an enlarged fragmentary Sectional view through Figure 1,approximately on line 2-2.

Fi re 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showmg the fabric be'fore itis treated with a finishin liquid.

In pro ucing chiifon to be used in forming bows for funeral bouquets andother similar purposes, a Silk rlbbon has been heretofore provided,which is provided near its opposite edges with closer woven Sections inorder to present a pleasing appearance and at the same time somewhatstifl'en the article in order that it will remain in Shape anappreciable time. As the flowers must be `moistened from time to time,the ribbon also becomes moistened and looses its Shape. In forming theribbon, thesame may be made in one continuous strip or may be madel ofany desired width and divided up into separate ribbons with tightlywoven Sections on each side of each separate ribbon cut or torn from theoriginal piece of fabric. In the present invention, the fabric is woven'in the usual manner so as to provide a body 1- of fabric of usualconstruction and ornamental Sections 2 on each side of the ribbon.Heretofore, the entire piece of chiifon was made from Silk whereas inthe construction shown in Figure 1, the .body section 1 is made fro1`nSilk while the; various warp threads 3 forming the principal part ofltheSections 2, are formed from cotton. These cotton threads 3 arepreferablyof the same size as the warp threads 3' used in the section 1.

iDuring the manufacture of the chifl'on, it ma be made of a certainwidth as shown 1n igure `1 or may be made in any' desired width with theSections 2 distributed so that the finished piece of fabric may =be cutor torn into strips or separate ribbons and each 05 strip or separateribbon will appear as shown in Figure 1. Either before or after thefabric has been cut or torn into strips or separate ribbons, it ispassed through a finishing machine which applies finishing fluid theretoin order to give it the desired feel and the desired stiifness. Whereall parts of the fabric are of Silk, there will be an equal .absorptionof the finishing fluid but where the Warp threads 3 of section 2 areformed of cotton, there will be a greater absorption by these cottonthreads.

When the fabric is dried after the finishing operation, the cotton Warpthreads 3 will be somewhat larger than the other Warp threads of |thefabric as indicated in Figure 2, said extra size being caused by theextra amount of finishing fluid absorbed. This extra supp' of finishingfluid will cause an extra sti ening of the Sections 2 and will resultsin causing the finished article vto remain in the formation of a bow orother structure even though subjected somewhat toA moisture by lreasonof the extra quantity of fluid in the threads 3. It is, of course,evident that the ribbon could be made of any width and that the Sections2 could be madel of any width and any number used without de arting fromthe spirit. of the invention.

at I claim is:

1. A strip of fa'bric formed with a plurality of Stifl'ening Sections,and a finishing fluid arranged thereon, said stifl'ening sections beingformed of material capable of absorbing said finishing` fluid to agreater extent than 'the remaimng material.

2. A piece of fabric formed with a body 'of Silk and ornamentalreinforcing means of material capable of absorbing finishing fluid to aeater extent than Silk, and a coating of finishing fluid arranged on thesilk body and on the ornamental reinforcement.

3. A fabric, comprising a silk'body,`stifening and reinforcing membersof cotton, and a finishing fluid covering the entire fab- 0 ric, saidmembers of ootton absorbing said finishing flud to a greater extent thanthe Silk body.

4:. A fabrc, comprisng a Silk body, re-

5 inforcing Sections arranged on each side of the body formed of cotton,and a coating of finishing material arranged on the body' and the oottonreinforoing members, said finishinfl' coating being of a materialcapable of bemg absorbed to a greater extent by cotton 10 than by slkWhereby the cotton reinforcing members Will present a stilfierconstruction than the Silk body.

' SGAR LEON.

